I love this song but it upsets me that a lot of singers miss out the most moving, the most heart-wrenching verses. The verses that truly made this song legendary throughout the world are the verses many people have a problem with. Which is sad. Cohen himself was more charitable than I am, however. As he wrote in the third verse (sung here) "There's a blaze of light in every word, It doesn't matter which you heard, The holy or the broken Hallelujah" To me it DOES matter. But Cohen actually didn't mind all that much. I will try to me more forgiving. I'll include two of the missing verses here (though Cohen wrote around 80 to 100 verses. I understand he spent at least a year and half of his life just writing this song): There was a time you let me know What's really going on below But now you never show it to me, do you? And remember when I moved in you The holy dove was moving too And every breath we drew was Hallelujah Maybe there's a God above But all I've ever learned from love Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you And it's not a cry that you hear at night It's not somebody who's seen the light It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
I was there last night it was fantastic
He’s so humble, it makes me cry, I’m a Canadian and I’ve always been in awe of his talent and kindness and such humility in the face of success.
Such an amazing talent.
I love this song but it upsets me that a lot of singers miss out the most moving, the most heart-wrenching verses. The verses that truly made this song legendary throughout the world are the verses many people have a problem with. Which is sad. Cohen himself was more charitable than I am, however. As he wrote in the third verse (sung here) "There's a blaze of light in every word, It doesn't matter which you heard, The holy or the broken Hallelujah"
To me it DOES matter. But Cohen actually didn't mind all that much. I will try to me more forgiving.
I'll include two of the missing verses here (though Cohen wrote around 80 to 100 verses. I understand he spent at least a year and half of his life just writing this song):
There was a time you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show it to me, do you?
And remember when I moved in you
The holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah
Maybe there's a God above
But all I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
And it's not a cry that you hear at night
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
I would be nervous too, it's Leonard's song. But he'd be proud of this performance.